Hello fellow Diesel Bombers. I have a 1998 Chevy with the 6.5l diesel and has been running abit rough in the mornings. It has been pretty cold here with the temps in the low teens and my problem is at initial start up the engine starts and shakes to beat hell then warms up and runs fine. If I park the vehicle in the garage it starts fine. I'm thinking glow plug system so I checked the plugs. Two have ohm's in range .08-1.2 whereas the remaining six had readings 1.7-2.0. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

anything more than 1 ohm is bad. i would just replace all 8 if i were you and glowplug controller

 

X 2 on the glow plugs

 

same here I need a set myself and a set of injectors $$$$$$$$$

 

Roger that. I may go with the 60G which if i read correctly burns hotter for colder starts. Thanks for you replies.

 

you get set 60g at rockauto think for like $60.oo

 

Well I thought I solved the proble by replacing the glow plugs however it still runs rough first thing in the morning. Ran great while parked in the garage but I left it out over night to see how it would do and sounds like it is running on half the cylinders. I wonder if the fuel is gelling up over night?

 

how cold is there and how long did run rough ?

 

Right now it is 39 degrees but it was colder at 645 am when I tried it. I thought maybe my fuel heater may be malfunctioning so I went out to check the connections and started up fine. Runs good right now. I only ran it for two or three minutes this morning when the problem occurred.

 

they will run rough for few seconds mine run rough for 15 to 20 seconds when like 32 out down here in FL and when get down to 23 and wind chills at 10 it run rough for about all most min.